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" Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 597
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 776 pages
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Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind!" The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, " Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. *Th' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin...history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade to wade- through slaughter...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. TIi' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed aione Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd : Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his ...

Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 60 Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; NOTES. For the...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation'* eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind: The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame,...
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The Poems of Thomas Gray: Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of ...

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 'I'll' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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